It wasn’t just the Patriots who won big on Sunday. Thanks to a friendly wager by Rabbi Ken Carr of Temple Chayai Shalom in Easton and Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple in Atlanta, two charities also came out as winners.

Rabbis of the two rival teams encouraged fans of teams to ‘compete’ against each other by donating money to support a local non-profit organization chosen by each rabbi: Health Imperatives in Brockton and Zaban Paradies Center in Atlanta. Together the rabbis raised a total of $1,870. Because the Pats beat the Falcons, Health Imperatives also ‘won’ two thirds of the proceeds. Despite the disappointing outcome for Falcon fans, ZABAN Paradies still earned one third of the total.

To Rabbi Ken Carr of Mansfield, a gift to Health Imperatives makes sense both in terms of Jewish values and as part of the celebration of the Patriot’s win. “A primary Jewish value,” Rabbi Ken explained, “is caring for our health, physically and emotionally. As the Patriots’ ongoing success has uplifted the emotions of our community, it seemed appropriate and meaningful to leverage their achievements to find a way to strengthen our community’s physical wellbeing too. Health Imperatives provides crucial services in this area, by supporting low-income people facing challenges around interpersonal violence, reproductive health, and vulnerability, and we are happy to be able to offer some assistance.”

Julia E. Kehoe, President and CEO of Health Imperatives, was thrilled with the donation. “We are so grateful for Rabbi Carr’s faith in the Patriots and in Health Imperatives!” Kehoe said. “We share Temple Chayai Shalom’s commitment to education, community engagement and social change. This generous gift will support our education and training programs for student athletes to become leaders in collaborative efforts to prevent campus sexual assault.”

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